Silverstein v. Aldrich

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to prohibit respondent Aldrich, a Judge of the County Court, from enforcing an order of commitment of the petitioner on a summary adjudication of contempt and to vacate said order. Petition granted, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and order of commitment vacated. During the course of a trial entitled People v Karabinas, petitioner, an attorney at law, was served with a subpoena duces tecum requiring him to produce a letter written by his client, the defendant, to one D. Carolyn Simmons. The subpoena permitted the letter to be deposited with…